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Wednesday, October 05, 2005

JetBlue Flight 292 Nose-Gear Damage!

I am sure that by now, everyone knows the story of JetBlue Flight 292, an Airbus A320 that had nose-gear problems, and had to land with the nose-wheels canted sideways. The video was shown over and over of the successful, albeit "spark-filled", landing. If you haven't seen it, then watch it below, and then check out the pictures of the nose-gear damage.

I believe there must now be a fine "streak" of aluminum down the runway where JetBlue 292 landed.

Scraped right to the bearings!

I have never been a big fan of Airbuses, preferring Boeings, but it is nice to see that the Airbus has some strength built into it. Anyway, the pilots did a fine job, and nobody was killed or injured. Till next time,

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